Ethics, codes of conduct, and challenging decisions are universal constants in medicine. Difficult situations and trying to do the right thing are not always obvious particularly when these decisions involve lots of emotions, family members, and have life and death implications. Ethics, and ethics committees, can help to provide a clear and consensus path for clinicians, patients, and family members. We discuss the role ethics and ethics committees have in modern medicine with our special guest.

This is the story of clinical ethics.

Useful links:

Free critical thinking course through UQ school of philosophy

Clinical Ethics Society of Australasia – Great organisation focusing on clinical ethics, with affordable membership and lots of access to resources. They run an excellent ‘ethics intensive’ and yearly symposium as well as other masterclasses throughout the year.

Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law – Major organisation for ethics and health law. Excellent conference each year.

Links to Dr Melanie Jansen’s poetry

Instragram: @drmelaniejansen_poetry

Dr Melanie Jansen’s debut poetry collection, All That Could Be Lost, is available online from 5 Islands Press and at independent bookstores.

Our Special Guest:

Dr Melanie Jansen who is a clinical ethicist and paediatric intensive care consultant

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